When Minnesota United officially joined the MLS last spring, I said, “sign me up!” When they brought back Christian Ramirez from the NASL squad, lured Miguel Ibarra from Liga MX, and hired an attack-minded coach in Adrian Heath, well, let’s just say it was love at first sight.
After Saturday’s 5-2 road loss to previously winless New England, to paraphrase the Dread Pirate Roberts in The Princess Bride: “[Love] is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.”
United went into this game with a pretty wide margin for error, too, with regards to expectations.